AGARTALA: Aiming to provide energy facility to the far-flung places, the Tripura Renewable Energy Development Agency (TREDA) has decided to install 34 small solar power plants across the state.
Farmers in Haryana’s Rohtak district are offered a solar pump costing Rs 8.25 lakh at just Rs 3.28 lakh to irrigate their fields under a Centrally subsidised programme.
AHMEDABAD: The news of farmers' suicides from various parts of the country upsets this trio. Chintan Chauhan, Dharmesh Kakadia and Deepak Dhore have designed pro-type of a solar pump which they feel will help farmers reduce their power bills and also help them save time.
From solar lanterns to solar technology-run ATMs, from traffic and streetlights to railway signals, Tata BP Solar (Established 1989) now wants to light up 10 million households across India and generate 20,000 MW of solar power by 2020.
Chandigarh: Punjab deputy chief minister Sukhbir Singh Badal on Monday urged new and renewable energy minister Farooq Abdullah to enhance the Central subsidy for solar water pumping systems for irrigation and allied purposes from Rs 30 per watt to Rs 100 per watt to make the system viable for small and marginal farmers.